Chapter I.—Anthemius
the Prætorian Prefect administers the Government of the East in
Behalf of Young Theodosius.

After the death of Arcadius on
the first of May, during the consulate of Bassus and Philip,903903 408 a.d. Cf. VI. 23. See
Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chap.
32.
his brother Honorius still governed the Western parts of the empire;
but the administration of the East devolved on his son Theodosius the
Younger, then only eight years old. The management of public affairs
was therefore intrusted to Anthemius the Prætorian prefect,
grandson of that Philip who in the reign of Constantius ejected Paul
from the see of Constantinople, and established Macedonius in his
place. By his directions Constantinople was surrounded with high
walls.904904 This was done, according to Cedrenus, several years
later by another prefect. For this reason and because of the
grammatical construction in the original, Valesius rightly conjectures
that the phrase is a gloss introduced from the margin, and should be
expunged from the text.
He was esteemed and actually was the most prudent man of his time, and
seldom did anything unadvisedly, but consulted with the most judicious
of his friends respecting all practical matters, and especially with
Troïlus905905 Troïlus was a sophist of distinction who taught
at Constantinople under Arcadius and Honorius at the beginning of the
fifth century a.d., a native of Side and
author of a treatise entitled Λόγοι
πολιτικοί. See
Suidas s.v. Τρώ&
187·λος.
the sophist, who while excelling in philosophical attainments, was
equal to Anthemius himself in political wisdom. Wherefore almost all
things were done with the concurrence of Troïlus.

904 This was done, according to Cedrenus, several years
later by another prefect. For this reason and because of the
grammatical construction in the original, Valesius rightly conjectures
that the phrase is a gloss introduced from the margin, and should be
expunged from the text.

905 Troïlus was a sophist of distinction who taught
at Constantinople under Arcadius and Honorius at the beginning of the
fifth century a.d., a native of Side and
author of a treatise entitled Λόγοι
πολιτικοί. See
Suidas s.v. Τρώ&
187·λος.